Welcome to the 17th Annual Drunk Duck Awards where every Duck Detective from Gumshoe to Chief is invited. The inquisitive Niccea is this year’s Master of Ceremonies. Fans of Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories are in luck! This year’s theme is “Whodunit”, or rather loosely mystery.
The Drunk Duck awards are user-run. Eligible comics may submit “For Your Consideration” pages to increase visibility before the official ballot. Winners will be voted by the Drunk Duck community. Currently accepting volunteers to be Judges and Presenters during the awards show.
Take out a magnifying glass and a double-billed, houndstooth wool hat and read Drunk Duck Awards 2025 by Niccea, rated E!

A plague has ravaged the land and a small band of friends are attempting a very unorthodox method to combat it. Very unorthodox indeed… One of them agreed to sacrifice themself so they they could call on the aid of a demon! But will the demon live up to it's promise and provide the help they need? This is a pixel art comic with a very funky and unusual look. You can see there was some manga influence in the character appearances and at times it is a little rough but that really adds to the charm.

Dream Eaters by Spooky Kitsune, rated T.

Enter into a magical world where winged fairies and human-folk live side-by-side. A mother and daughter discover an injured, blue fairy resting on a leaf while gathering water from a nearby well. The mother agrees to resuscitate the fairy by bandaging its leg and giving it a safe place to heal while in recovery. Heed the mother’s advice and, “do not worry. Try to get some more sleep,” she will be right back.
The art uses traditional stippling, hatching, and cross-hatching shading techniques. The text bubbles use an original hand-lettered font.
Stay up all night with an extensive list of fairy questions and read Everything Will Be Fine at Dawn by JordanBkoenig, rated T!

The skies are grey and hold great danger. Outside of Allison's little bubble of familiarity a world spanning war is all encompassing. Things seem normal to young Allison, although a little off. What is that great big military base near her at Bletchley park and what does her dad do there? This is a quiet, slowly evolving drama story comic. I absolutely love the dream-like, simple art in muted colours. It's very stylised and highly characteristic.

Little Miss Allison Blue, by EsinComics, rated T.

June Santiago, Clover Cristina Condray, and Simone are three best friends living in a fantastical world filled with retro arcades and chonky, gigantic winged rabbits. An avid reader of comics, June is in love with comic book superhero, Garlic Man, whom she wishes to marry one day. While playing games at the arcade, Clover locks eyes with a green stranger named “Zane” wearing a facemask and is instantly smitten. There is something odd about “Zane” and his attempt to blend in like a normal human in order to find out more about them. June and Simone are not easily swayed by “Zane” and Clovers' future plans to play boring board games and presume he might be a non-human Reptunan.
The art is vibrantly colored, playfully animated, and so crisp.
Help June, Clover, and Simone rescue Gus from a giant purple rabbit thief and read The Cloud Girls by spookie_bunny, rated E!

C-c-c-comedey! This is a single panel gag strip, in the old fashioned newspaper style. No on-going stories, just visual humour and jokes to amuse you and make your day all the better. Single panel joke comics are classics, so I hope you will enjoy this one. The art is in a simplified cartoony characterised style, which is typical for the medium. It starts of with ink on Bristol board in black and white and then moves to all colour with digital art. The comedy is safe and can be enjoyed by everyone.

Highly Devolved - by Josh Anderson, rated E.

Norristown, Pennsylvania, April 22nd, 1989. It is a sad day for Simon and no fun, being a member of A Clockwork Orange parody band, Durango 95, with the rowdy, crowded audiences that would have, “booed Bowie in Cleveland.” Durango 95 is heading into a breakup. Simon reunites at a diner with an old friend, Barnebus Swain, when a familiar song, performed by Swain’s former band on the radio sends Barnebus into a river of melancholic nostalgia.
This is a team collaboration comic with Pinupcitizen responsible for the art and Helter Skelter in charge of writing.
Receive life advice from a supportive father figure and read The Starry Ladders by Helterskelter1995, rated T!

Super heroes are pretty amazing people with awesome powers and abilities beyond normal humans… but they are still normal humans actually, at least the ones in Olympian Heights. They have normal hopes and dreams, passions, crushes, moments of weakness and hesitation… and yet they try to make the right calls anyway and be the good guys to the best of their ability despite their normal human feelings and THAT is what makes them heroes. Olympian Heights is set to be a cool collection of stories about these superheroes and their city, capturing odd aspects of their lives and motivations rather just just following missions. The art is realistic, black and white with some aspects of colour. The story is a superhero drama with comedy.

Read OLYMPIAN HEIGHTS, by Dearlydeparted, rated M.

Two road traveling adults and a dog named Derrick finally make it to Yellowstone after adventures across the United States. Eventually, after years of tracking marmots solo, Uncle Derrick is joined by younger dog, Nova, because team sports are best played with a companion. Who knew canines were skilled in sumo wrestling and basketball?
The pages are inked mostly in black and white with digital shading in grayscale. The cover pages for each chapter are vibrantly colored.
Serve a ball in a game of tennis with Derrick and Nova and read Turtle House Comics by ferburton, rated E!

Water Lilly, California, is home to some very strange people, namely a whole bunch of teens with supernatural abilities and some that might technically not be considered as actually being alive. They get into all the normal scrapes and japes teens normally do, plus some extra because of their weird supernatural statuses! This is a full colour comic strip comedy comic with an art style reminiscent of the Total Drama series. So if you like to look at fun art and enjoy some comedy this is the place to come!

Water Lily High - by WLHcomics, rated T.

Ax, single father of two young children, spends his days navigating a space ship to sort through space debris. Janus and Callista, along with their babysitter, Julia, fear Ax’s line of work especially after the loss of their mother. One day, Ax receives a weak S.O.S. signal among the Saturn Debris Cloud 19 also known as “The Graveyard” and discovers a ship containing a bunch of storage units complete with the decaying bodies of creatures in space suits that were no longer living. Upon further inspection, Ax discovers a female of the species among the wreckage who appears to still be alive.
The line art is inked entirely in black and white and shaded digitally in grayscale.
Return to the “Vulture Station” and read A Wing To The Stars by Zerahoc, rated T!

August and Cora don't believe their uncle is dead. They go to visit the cemetery, but August takes a tumble and ends up in quite a bit of trouble, resulting a little stay at the local police station. Meanwhile Cora is nowhere to be seen. But was this all part of August's plan? August is a journalist, having worked for the dodgy publication Perennial Print, a rag known for everything from political reporting to the supernatural, August is well versed on how to dig up local info on mysteries! But just what DID happen to their uncle?
A black and white, action mystery comic. The style is bold, practiced and professional with Manga influence. It's highly readable.

Perennial Print, by Oldestcharm, rated M.

Boone looks exceptionally well-dressed in the white collared shirt and black tie lovingly gifted to him by his grandmother. Excavator by profession, Boone spends his days digging for buried treasure or unearthing alien artifacts. Grandma, Boonford’s favorite person to share his findings, has a mantra borrowed from Grandpa that, “Someone’s junk is someone’s treasure.” A restless night tossing and turning results in Boone having to travel outside of Ambersgarde to meet Mr. Rino at the most outrageous hour.
The art is strikingly vivid, using a jewel-toned color palette of matcha green, corals, and aubergines to express a nighttime shift. The line work is especially clean and professionally done.
Find out what happened to Mrs. Dharmta, and read Excavator by Nick, rated E!

Action and SciFi adventure aplenty as the fate of a distant panel hangs in the balance! Rellos, a brave young private of the Rallian army fights valiantly to defend his people against the viscous Zeneck, but it's not looking good… They're just too powerful and they know all the planet's secrets somehow. But Rellos has a secret of his own. A Rallian Chronicles is a Scifi action adventure space opera story, it's exciting and moves at a fast pace. The art is full colour and full of movement!

A Rallian Chronicles by Ferney Perdomo, rated E.

Black Tiger, also known as Rico Ramirez is an excellent vigilante and a high school zombie slacker. Rico can be found using super human senses while investigating crime scenes alongside the police. The late nights and difficult-to-stomach nature of the crimes committed have become Rico’s priority and dreams of becoming a model student have fallen to the wayside. True to the name, the Black Tiger is ready to prowl the Undercity, made up of hidden rooms, passages, and dark tunnels.
A comic using three-dimensional graphics. Original superhero costuming with the Black Tiger’s signature article of clothing being a black leather mask.
Get in touch with police dispatch from the sub-basements and read Black Tiger by ebonart, rated M!

Chansha Forest is a beautiful, lush, green jungle full to the brim with exciting and unusual flora and fauna, a lot of it quite dangerous… Po and Casiea are two little monkey-like people who're tasked with protecting this wonderful place and keeping the creatures safe and in balance with one another like rangers at a national park, their job is ESSENTIAL and needed to maintain this paradise. The plucky Po and clever Cassy use their titanic strength crafty cunning to combat threats to the safety of Chansha Forest and its residents. But do these two paragons have a secret…? It seems Cas might know more than she's letting on.
This is an action adventure comedy comic. The art is all very cleverly honed black and white line art.

Pos Adventure by BitterBadger on, rated T.

Geoffrey Thurgood says, “few people recognize or understand the most important moment of their lives while it is happening to them”, while reminiscing about the first encounter with his wife, Tixiannalol. The meeting was love at first sight for the orphaned, bookish apprentice of Professor Scroggins, who admired Tixi’s fighting prowess. Geoffrey and Tixi are in the process of writing a biography of their lives as a cross-folk married couple with the help of student scribe, Milo.
The art is digitally colored in full-length comic book pages. Flashback scenes are shown in monochromatic orange or sepia tones.
Learn the secret legends of the Ayzdree, once mankind’s friends, and read History by Slickpuppy, rated M!

Massive wooden galleons have been plying the oceans for hundreds of years as the races vie for dominance over the deep blue seas! Generations ago the orcs and dwarves were defeated by the humans and elves but now it seems the tides are turning and the winds of battle are no longer in the human's favour. This is naval warfare on the high seas with cannon fire, boarding parties, cutlasses, tricorn hats, fold topped books and frock coats with huge folded cuffs: We're talking classic golden-age looking pirates fighting it out in their mon-o-wars in true swash buckling style. This is an action adventure fantasy comic! The art is black and white, highly textured and very hand drawn looking digital art.

Tyler Cruz, an ex-employee of Titan Pro Wrestling, is returning to fight in a rematch against Rocco Rage following nine months of recovery from an injury. Rocco Rage, a member of Trinity, held the Title of North American Champion before Cruz savagely defeats Rage and has a championship belt to prove it. News of Rocco Rage’s defeat by Tyler Cruz has already spread to the committee at the Titan Pro Headquarters and they want Tyler’s head on a platter. Pure, brutal, power.
The art is in full-color, comic book style layouts and page sizes. Extensive behind-the-scenes knowledge of professional wrestling and hand-to-hand combat sports.
Make the winning judgement call and read Midcard by ArtofJerbearComics, rated T!

Rush has become a monster, savage, driven by animal instinct for survival, by fear, and dominance. His power is immeasurable, unaccountable, unstoppable! Born a poor slave, the lowest of the low, he faced terrible abuse and trauma beyond imagining. Escaping to the wilderness, left alone with the horrors and monsters there, he had to become a monster in order to survive. Now he's finally returning to enact a terrible a vengeance.
The style is a horror, drama, action, fight comic. The art style is manga influenced, black and white which lots of effects, splat marks and heavy line-work that really enhance the action and tone of the story.
-Warning- this is a very violent comic and there are oblique references to sexual violence.

Rebellion the monster inside us, by Urekgp, rated M.

A band of woodland creatures challenged with a food shortage attend meetings at the Hungry Fellows Club. The community plans to construct a bridge out of leftover food in order to access more food on the other side. Join a toad lacking the motivation to explore the great outdoors, a traveling hedgehog, a daydreaming squirrel, and an illiterate rabbit on a journey into the woods.
A black and white comic strip with line work from dynamic angles. Hand-lettered speech bubbles.
Find out why Brother Monkey was unable to attend a club meeting and read Ghats by Flumpy Tripod, rated E!

There's dark things going on, bad things are resurfacing as restless blood-soaked ghostly visions disturb the present and threaten to drag people back to trauma's past… Just what happened back then? And will it break those in the present? The art is all digital, very well drawn, stylised buy realistic, in black and white, grey and blood red. The story is a dark drama, with hints of horror. By wordheart, rated M.

The road to Hell that is paved with good intentions feels like Heaven, which is why the road to Heaven feels like Hell. Uehara, prisoner of the Tengu Clan, has had the same recurring dream from a long forgotten past. Zato Garuda, Uehara’s former sensei, delivers an in-person message that there are two bounties needing to be collected. A fighting ability that can pick up on telekinesis and cross over multiple dimensions is needed to defend against Saiyuri, one of the survivors of the Lumerian Civil War.
Comic is bilingual using English and Japanese simultaneously in the dialogue. Completely in black and white with grayscale shading.
Learn the difference between Antithesis and Synthesis while reading Imparting Quietus by angelxholika, rated M!

The quaint village of Qebl is reached by sea. It seems a normal enough place, if a bit sleepy. It's a stop on the journey to The Big Top, a place where clowns go to train and get jobs, like an adventurer's guild if you will. Clowns in this world have superpowers they call “tricks” and they use them to fight one another. A red haired girl gets of the boat at Qebl and is immediately confronted by a darkly robed, grinning, enigmatic figure. Will she be able to fight him? This is an adventure, Shonen manga, with lots of comedy thrown in. The style is initially rough but quickly improves and the story is quietly compelling as shonen usually is.

Auguste Fighter by UwuEdgelord, rated T.

The Winter Solstice is approaching as the elderly, recently retired Yulefather sits by a fire pit roasting fish on a stick. The woodland creatures, mainly Squabbit, are in turmoil searching for a replacement Yulefather after the former one decided to retire following a dangerous mountain giant attack the previous year. The next Yulefather requires the unanimous support of the woodland creatures in order to have power. Squabbit, with the help of a horse called Apple Grey, frantically train the potential Yulefather successors, Spruce and Piney, before the mountain giant’s inevitable return.
The coloring style uses a black, white, and teal color scheme with pops of accent colors to liven up a scene. The Squabbit’s interaction with the mountain giant is reminiscent of a trickster character found in folklore.
Take a bite out of the Sun and read A Yuletide Story by PipelineLizards, rated E!